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====== LHC Olympics Topics ======


=====Getting Started=====

====Overview====

[[http://physics.princeton.edu/~verlinde/research/lhco/|3rd LHC Olympics Webpage]]

[[http://physics.princeton.edu/~verlinde/LHCO4/|4th LHC Olympics Webpage]]

[[LHC Olympics: Welcome]]

====The Black Boxes====
[[LHC Olympics: Black Box Generation Information]]

[[LHC Olympics: Black Box Download|Download the old LHCO3 black boxes]]


[[LHC Olympics: Black Box Download New|Download the new LHCO4 black boxes]]

[[LHC Olympics: Analysis Tools]]

====Physics Objects====
[[LHC Olympics: Physics Objects Basics]]

====Nuts and Bolts=====

[[LHC Olympics:Data File Format]]

[[LHC Olympics:Cleaning Script]]

[[LHC Olympics:Olympics Script]]

=====Important Supplemental Information=====

==== Event Generators ====

[[LHC Olympics:generator_information#Parton Level Generators|A bit more about parton level generators]]

[[LHC Olympics:generator_information#Showering and Hadronization|A bit more about hadronization]] FIXME

==== PGS ====
[[http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/~conway/research/software/pgs/pgs4-general.htm|PGS Website]]

[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification|Particle Identification and Information about Physics Objects in PGS]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Photons|Photons]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Electrons|Electrons]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Muons|Muons]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Jets|Jets]]
    *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Jets|Jet Clustering]]
    *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Jets|Heavy Flavor]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Taus|Taus]]
  *[[LHC Olympics:Particle Identification#Missing Energy|Missing Energy]]

[[LHC Olympics:Detector Parameters]]

====Triggering===

[[LHC Olympics:trigger_table#What are Triggers|What are Triggers and why are they important?]]

[[LHC Olympics:trigger_table#Trigger Menu for the LHC Olympics|Trigger Menu for the LHC Olympics]]

====Backgrounds====
[[LHC Olympics:backgrounds_hard#Backgrounds are hard|Why is it hard to generate backgrounds?]]

[[LHC Olympics:backgrounds_hard#Our Approach to Backgrounds|Our Approach to background generation]] 


=====Discussion Boards=====
:!: [[LHC Olympics:Announcements]] :!:

[[LHC Olympics:Frequently Asked Questions]]

[[LHC Olympics:Troubleshooting]]

[[LHC Olympics:Feature Requests]]

[[LHC Olympics:notify_me|Notification List]]

[[LHC Olympics:Rumor Mill]]

===== Playground =====

Use the [[LHC Olympics Sandbox]] to play with DokuWiki.  Then feel free to make improvements to the above pages.